Fastener.



J. H FISHER.

FASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED oonzzfmms.

, 1,096,898. Patented May 19, 1914.

. LL i agygem fic vemibr k I 1 (M/// I 4 UNITE. Tr s JOHN H. FISHER, OF WASIQIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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To all whom it may} concern..-

Be it known that. I, JOHN H. Fisnnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Washington, ii the District of ohm'ibia, have invented certain new and useful [or provements in Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malt. and use the same.

The invention relates to separable t'astelr ing, devices, such as areeommonly used for gloves, articles of apparel, tent flies, vehicle curtains and the like, involving a stud member and a eooperatiin, socket member attached to the meeting edges of the article to be fastened.

In my pending ap 'ilieation, Serial No. 'i'4l..)(S-t, filed January 14, llllil, a fastener is disclosed eom 'n'ising stud and socket members, one of which is inherently resilient at its zone of engagement with the otluirnnunher, so that it is capable oi being deformed under slight pressune. when the parts are bc ing engaged or disengageil, the stud member ha vine; a head adapted to enter the socket and to be held by the soekehsaid head having: an enlargement on'one side thc'areof adapted to so engage the socket as'to prevent initial separation of the stud and socket sections: the point of enlargement of the head, so that disengagement of the parts can be etfectpd only hy-a relative lifting movement between the head and socket initiated at the side of the ,head opposite the. enlargement thereon. This construction while admitting of an intentional engagement and dlazingaggement of the parts of the fastener with as great expedition and facility as charaeterize the standard types of such lfasteners now in use, nevertheless, effectively precludes the accidental separation or unlocking of the parts after they have been ohce engaged.

The ob eet of the present invention is to provide a fastener having the general ehar aeteristics ot' thatdiselosed in the pending application referred to, but of modified form.

More specifically, the object is to provide a. fastener which may be manufactured at a minimui'n cost, be simple in construction and yet ha e the advantages above menlii'lned.

\Vith these objects in view, the invention consists in torming the stud member-of wire and producing the lateral enlargementof Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1913. Serial No. 797.213.

avit, to form the loop port-ions t.

Patented ma in, 1914.,

the head simply by bending the wire to the proper configuration at the desiredplaces.

The invention further consists in utilizing aport ion ot'the wire to constitute a resilient socket; retaining part, pre'le "ably termed by so bending the wire as to produce an extension which projects beyond the eontounot' the head and which is directed oppositely to the first; and main extension ol? the head.

The invention is illustrated in the acconr panyinfz; drawing, in which,

Figure '1 is a side elevation. partly in section, oi ci'ioperating stud and socket members constructed in accordance with the invention; Fi is a plan view ol the fastener shown in Fig. 1, the material to which the .As shown in the drawings, the stud mem- "m1- (4 is ma do of wire so bent as to form a base portion adapted to be fastened tothe 1natcrial o by sewing or otherwise; anda neck and head portion having; the. lateral enlargement heretofore referred tr). Thos l of the stud member may be conveniently formed by bending the wire as shown, to.

2 and 3 constitutiup, the base of the stud and the loop portions t and 5 constituting the neck. and head of the stud.

Starting at the end of the wiretwhich forms the loop 1, for instance, (Fig. 4-), the. wire is bent to form. said loop 1 and then bent upwardly and laterally to form the loop 5 having the generalfshape shown in' the drawings.

A further bend in the wire forms the loop 33 which cooperates with the'f' as loop 5. The last supporting loop 2 list then formed and the. extremity of the wire ionis bent toward the head and so shaped as to form, a. resilient extension, which projects beyolld the contour of the head to form a resilient catch 6 for the socket, as clearly shown in the drawing.

' b is shown having a cap The socket member I) may be ofany desired construction. In Fig. 1 an annular ring.-1ike socket is shown secured to the material (Z that is to befastened by means of the cooperating stud and socket members to the material-0. In Fig. 5 a socket member ortion 8 which incloses the stud member w en the socket is applied to the same.

In applying the stud member a to the flap of the article to be fastened, the enlargement or lateral extension of the head is directed toward the edge of the flap. By this arrangement, the only application of force to disengage the stud from the socket must be applied, so as to cause the socket to rock over the head of the stud from the ,side opposite the enlargement on the head of the stud. This movement is exemplified in Fig direction, with respect to the head, is applied the enlargement or extension of the head is eifective to prevent any separation of the parts at this point. It will be seen, therefore, that when a fastener of the type indicated is applied to the iiaps of an article to be joined, the action of the projection or enlargement of the head is to securely lock the parts together and positively prevent the initiation of a separating movement of the elements of the fastener at or in the vicinity of said enlargement and that separation of the parts of the fastener can only be effected by a movementtending to' disengage the stud and socket member at a point on the side of the head opposite the extension or enlargement. ihe projection or enlargement, however, does not in any way interfere with the action of engaging the stud and socket members of the fastener, but, on the contrary, facilitates such engagement, for it will be seen that if the socket member is tilted as oeaeee in Fig. 3, so that the enlargement enters the eyelet opening of the socket first, the particular shape and arrangement of the projection serves to accurately guide the stud member into the socket.

Obviously, the invention is not limited to the specific construction shown in the drawposite side thereof extending beyond the' contour of the head to constitute resilient socket retaining means.

2. A separable fastener comprising a stud member and a cooperating socket member,

said stud member made of a continuous length of wire bent to form a base portion, a head portion having a laterally extended enlargement at one side thereof, and a resilient lateral extension at the opposite side extending beyond the contour of the head.

3. A separable fastener comprising a stud member and a cooperating socket member, said stud member made of acontinuous length of wire, a portion of said Wire being bent to form a plurality of loops constituting a base portion, and a plurality ofloops directed upwardly from said base portion,

said last-named lodps having laterally eX- tended enlargements at one side thereof, and

another portion of said wire-being bent to form a resilient extension protruding beyond the contour of said upwardly directed loops.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. FISHER.

Witnesses: I i

An'rr nn L. BRYANT, CnAs. J. ONEILL. 

